Seattle Mariners 2021 Season – Over/Under
PNWS Staff
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How will the Seattle Mariners do in 2021? What about specific players? The PNWS staff makes predictions – over/under style.
Seattle Mariners opening day is a week away. The team’s rebuild should continue its upward trend in 2021 behind some exciting rookies and key offseason additions. We gave our Pacific Northwest Sports baseball writers 10 numbers or dates, and they gave their opinions as to whether the team or specific player will go over or under. Play along and see if you agree or disagree.
Team wins – 72.5
Chip Clark – Over
It better be over, or manager Scott Servais will be out of a job, and all the goodwill GM Jerry Dipoto built with patient M’s fans disappears. Actually, Seattle should be at least a .500 team. They’ll pick up games for two reasons. First, the young players have more experience and know what to expect. Second, the AL West isn’t as good as it was the last two seasons. The one bad schedule break they have is the AL West is matched up with the NL West in interleague play. The M’s face maybe the two best National League teams, Los Angeles and San Diego, four times each.
Chris Phillips – Over
I’m going over. I’ve been bullish on the success of the Mariners all this offseason. I’ve said the M’s could finish as high as first in the division if everything breaks right. But they are most likely to finish second or third in the AL West and be in contention for a wild card spot. I can even see them being in the wild card too. It’s going to be a good year for the M’s faithful.
Ed Stein – Over
It has to be over. Winning 72.5 games is only a .448 percentage. At a minimum, I have to believe the Mariners are close to a .500 team.
Joe Swenson – Over
The number is a good one, but with Marco Gonzales (63% winning percentage) and James Paxton (65% winning percentage), you have the potential for 30+ wins between the two of these pitchers. Throw in Sheffield’s improvements, and you could have 40+ wins from three starting pitchers. Add in 7-10 from Flexen and Kikuchi; now you’re at 60 wins. The relief crew routinely attributes 20% of the win total as well, and that puts the Mariners between, that puts the Mariners at 75 wins. That is without taking into consideration the expected improvements on offense.